[The following is the first entry in the Weekend Notebook thread over at the SHIMMER Forums at http://www.shimmerathletes.com/ chronicling this weekend's developments.]

Another hectic SHIMMER weekend has begun for our entire crew, but it promises to be a whole lot of fun when all is said and done.

Thursday night we began setup at the venue to prepare for Saturday's taping and made sure the lighting and everything with the entranceway was set for the show. A big thanks to Danny Daniels, and especially Dan Lawrence for all of their help in making these SHIMMER shows come to fruition. The whole AAW staff does so much to help the live tapings come together.

"The Jezebel" Eden Black arrived in Chicago this morning, along with her new fiancee and fellow wrestler J.P. Monroe, who came along for some moral support on Jez's first trip to the States. As we typically do before SHIMMER shows, between the time doors open (3pm) and bell time (4pm), we will have a few men's dark matches (which we like to call SPARKLE) featuring some of the wrestlers from AAW. J.P. will be a part of the SPARKLE matches, and thus will make his American debut on Saturday as well.

Once they got settled at the hotel, I spent about 30 minutes on the phone with Bryan Alvarez of www.f4wonline.com for an interview which is part of today's edition of the Figure Four Daily audio show. The show is available to listen to online right now if you are a subscriber to his site. We discussed Saturday's taping, the forthcoming title tournament on June 1st & 2nd, the possibility of some international talent being added to SHIMMER in the future, and discussed some of the recent Ring of Honor happenings as well.

Several other wrestlers will also be arriving here in the Windy City later this evening to get a full night's rest before tomorrow's taping. We're all very excited (or in the words of Death Ray, STOKED) for Saturday. Thanks to all of you who purchased tickets during the past few weeks, we've already exceeded the total attendance of the Volumes 7 & 8 taping, just with advance ticket sales. If you're planning to attend, and don't have tickets yet, have no fear... we will have plenty available at the door tomorrow afternoon. Again, doors will open at 3pm.

I'll try to post here in this thread whenever I get the opportunity to hop online during the course of the weekend. We're less than 24 hours away from live SHIMMER action here in Chicago!

ALL THE INFO FOR SATURDAY'S SHOW!----------------------------------------------------------

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES returns to live action this Saturday, April 7, 2007, with another huge double DVD taping at the Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL, just outside Chicago. Bell time for the taping is 4pm. Doors will open at 3pm. Volumes 9 & 10 of the SHIMMER DVD series will be filmed during the course of the event!

General admission tickets will be available at the door on the day of the event, at a cost of $15. Directions to the venue can be found here...

http://rohphotos.com/shimmer/new/directions.html

Already signed to participate in the Volumes 9 & 10 taping on 4/7 in Berwyn...

In addition to the talent listed above, Rebecca Bayless makes her SHIMMER debut as the new backstage interviewer on 4/7. Additionally, we've received word that former WCW star Daffney (who recently appeared as a guest color commentator on SHIMMER Volume 6) plans on revealing her SHIMMER goals to the live crowd on 4/7 in Berwyn!

Already signed for the 4/7 taping is MsChif vs. Amazing Kong!

Make your plans now to be there LIVE!

Discuss the 4/7 taping in the following thread at the SHIMMER Forums...

VOLUME 7 DVD NOW AVAILABLE FOR WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!----------------------------------------------------------

The seventh DVD release from SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES is now available for immediate worldwide shipping at ROHwrestling.com! Volume 7 features several first time ever matches, including a hard hitting battle between the "Latina Sensation" Mercedes Martinez and "The First Lady of Hardcore" LuFisto, as well as Nikki Roxx vs. Lacey! Calgary's Nattie Neidhart faces "American Angel" Sara Del Rey, and Daizee Haze takes on Cheerleader Melissa, plus much more!

TITLE TOURNEY ANNOUNCED! TIX ON SALE THIS SATURDAY!----------------------------------------------------------

SHIMMER - WOMEN ATHLETES is proud to announce a two night, sixteen woman, single elimination tournament to crown the SHIMMER Champion! It will take place on Friday & Saturday, June 1st & 2nd, 2007, at the Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, IL!

The opening rounds of the tournament will take place on Friday night, June 1st, with the remainder of the tournament bouts to be held during the afternoon on Saturday, June 2nd. We will then tape another DVD release after intermission Saturday evening, before the weekend of taping comes to a close.

Front row reserved tickets for the two days worth of taping will only be available as a pair, for both nights (single night tickets will be available, but only in general admission). The front row reserved two night ticket packages will go on sale THIS SATURDAY, 4/7, at the SHIMMER Volumes 9 & 10 taping at the Eagles Club. Front row tickets for the entire weekend's events will be available at a cost of $40, covering the two nights. General admission tickets will be made available at a later date (all we are putting on sale this Saturday are the two night front row reserved ticket packages). If any front row reserved ticket packages are left after the 4/7 taping, they will be available for purchase online the morning of Monday, 4/9.

Wrestling fans around the world have witnessed the skills of each of the individual amazing woman athletes who compete in the SHIMMER ranks via following our DVD series thus far. You've come to know what each of the wrestlers bring to the table through their various outings since SHIMMER's inception. How will your favorite competitors fare in a 16 woman single elimination tournament? Who will have the endurance to work their way to the finals? Which of the SHIMMER stars will emerge victorious and be crowned the SHIMMER Champion? All of these questions will be answered at the biggest weekend in company history, June 1st & 2nd in Berwyn!

Tickets on sale this Saturday at the Eagles Club!

SHIMMER IN THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES!----------------------------------------------------------

We'd like to extend a huge thank you to Elliott Harris and the Chicago Sun-Times for running a plug for the April 7th SHIMMER taping in the 3/28 edition of the paper. Color photos of Lacey, Cheerleader Melissa, and Nikki Roxx appeared alongside the plug, on page 100.

You can read the online version under the 3/28 entry in the Quck Hits section...

We encourage everyone who follows SHIMMER to make sure they are on our customer snail mail list. This will be used for future promotional materials, including new merchandise items and future priority ticket offers for our live event tapings.

If you've already sent us your mailing address to be added to the list, we've sent out free color glossy double sided flyers promoting our April 7th taping to all of our fans worldwide. Even if you're unable to attend the taping live, these cardstock flyers are good collectors items.

You still have an opportunity to have one sent to you if you're not yet on the mailing list... just E-mail shimmernews@yahoo.com with your full name and postal mailing address and we'll get one out to you and make sure you are included in all future mailings from SHIMMER!

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